When someone has a behavioral health condition, family members and loved ones are also impacted. “Like a bully, the mental illness bosses the primary sufferer as well as the loved ones. Instability, separation, divorce and abandonment are frequent family outcomes of mental illness.” While the stress and stigma of caring for someone with a mental illness can sometimes cause loved ones to develop Distorted Perceptions towards the person with the diagnosis, Healthy Place asserts that families can come together to move beyond their loved one's illness—not away from their loved one.